I'm mixing a recording for a friend's punk band with Pro Tools 7.3 LE. I have 3 drum tracks to work with.. one MCA SP1 was placed a few inches from the kit, at tom level, one SM-57 on the snare and one SM-57 close mic'd to the (closed) kick. Unfortunately, the kit they had was pretty much salvaged from someone else's trash.. it sounded terrible. They didn't want to spend time tuning the kit, so it is what it is. The kick is loose and muddy; the snare loose and rings.
Here's a sample of the drum sound from the kit mic: http: / / members.toast.net/adam79/drums.mp3 --the site wouldn't let me post the link, so I had to put in a couple spaces next to the slashes for the post to go though.
Does anyone have any suggestions on a way to go about mixing the drums? Especially the kit mic track.. I've swept through the frequencies with a narrow Q (10) and boosted Gain (+6dB) to find any sweet spots, as well as the nasty ones. Any other techniques that you all could share with me would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
-Adam
Here's a sample of the drum sound from the kit mic: http: / / members.toast.net/adam79/drums.mp3 --the site wouldn't let me post the link, so I had to put in a couple spaces next to the slashes for the post to go though.
Does anyone have any suggestions on a way to go about mixing the drums? Especially the kit mic track.. I've swept through the frequencies with a narrow Q (10) and boosted Gain (+6dB) to find any sweet spots, as well as the nasty ones. Any other techniques that you all could share with me would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
-Adam